Maybe I'll get 4 pieces of sheet metal and make my own "hi perf" shroud.
------ Original Message ------
From: ch...@wbmfg.com
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: 9/30/2016 3:11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
Panels have pretty good F/B ratio but yes, an RF armor type of thing
would knock off some side lobes.
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 1:10 PM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
Since the goal in this case isn't more gain, but narrower pattern, what
about an "RF Armor" type of thing?
------ Original Message ------
From: ch...@wbmfg.com
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: 9/30/2016 3:08:42 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
Yeah, but you have a fairly electrically large panel as a feed, so you
would need a reflector 10 feet in diameter to properly illuminate it.
From:Josh Reynolds
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 1:05 PM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
Would a Cassegrain work? Probably not cost effective though...
On Sep 30, 2016 1:58 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
Not sure there is anyone stopping it. Kinda hard to patent tower
mounting hardware.
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 12:51 PM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
Or were you serious? If I have access to machine tools can I make
licensed knockoffs of M-TOW?
------ Original Message ------
From: "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com>
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: 9/30/2016 2:50:14 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
Write it with a crayon on the back of your Burger King napkin.
------ Original Message ------
From: ch...@wbmfg.com
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: 9/30/2016 2:49:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
I will sell you a license today!
From:That One Guy /sarcasm
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 12:31 PM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
i cant wait til 3d printers do galavanized steel. mccown tech can
eliminate the hateful vendors, just purchase a 3 unit license from
the website and install your mtow
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Sounds like 3D printing is the direction people are going for
one-offs.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Cameron Crum" <cc...@wispmon.com>
To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com>
Sent: 9/30/2016 2:02:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
When I was building slotted waveguide antennas for our network,
we needed a way to seal up the slots so the rain wouldn't fill
the antennas faster than a weep hole could drain it. I found that
3M made some heat shrink tubing that just fit over the size of
tubing I was using. After heat shrinking the stick, we would dip
the ends in "plastidip". Never had a leak. I wonder if you just
needed to hand make a couple dipole or patch array antennas, if
dipping them in plastidip wouldn't be a decent option. Obviously
it would be labor and time intensive for production, but for a
couple one-offs, why not?
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 11:42 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
The antenna is the easy part, the case and mounting are more
difficult and expensive. Tooling alone for a new antenna case
is easily $10K+.
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:40 AM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax
CPE
Yup. They have an array of metal circles on a board connected
to each other by traces.
What about a cheaper external antenna? The price to beat is
$120.
------ Original Message ------
From: ch...@wbmfg.com
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: 9/30/2016 12:37:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax
CPE
Yeah, that will be an array of patches inside. Hard to couple
to with any efficiency.
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:34 AM
To:af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax
CPE
Like a 45 slant 15dbi panel.
a 10" x 10" diamond with flattened corners.
------ Original Message ------
From: ch...@wbmfg.com
To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com>
Sent: 9/30/2016 12:33:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax
CPE
What does the CPE look like?
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:29 AM
To:Animal Farm
Subject: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE
I want to narrow the radiation pattern on Wimax CPE in order
to reduce interference. Higher gain is a bonus, but mostly I
want to tune out interference from other base stations and
thereby improve CINR.
Right now all I've got is I can put an external antenna on
with coax jumpers. A dish with a significantly narrower
pattern than the integrated panel is $120-$140 from KP
Performance, plus the cost of the coax jumpers and the labor
to seal them.
I'm really missing the Canopy stingers and reflectors right
now. If I could slip something on for $50 I'd be all over it
like white on rice. I'd also just settle for a cheaper
external antenna.
Any brilliant ideas?
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